Hardin's Creek 11 Year Warehouse W Beaver Release has been entirely aged on the 5th floor and bottled at 55% ABV. But is it worth the $150 MSRP?

Jim Beam is rewriting the Booker’s playbook with the 2025 release of The Reserves by adding a unique twist: a finishing period in El Tesoro’s 85th Anniversary tequila barrels. Tequila finished Booker’s? I can already see the horror on the purist faces.

For their 2025 release Cellar Aged, Maker’s has designed a wheated bourbon blend that features bourbon aged up to 14 years – the oldest they’ve ever released.

To celebrate its 230th anniversary, Jim Beam is bringing back one of its most iconic designs with a modern twist — the limited-edition Pin Bottle, filled with 8-year-old straight bourbon whiskey.

Michter’s Small Batch US*1 bourbon comes in at 45.7% ABV and is blended using a maximum of 20 barrels. Is this a solid entry point into the Michter’s brand – or should you splurge a bit for their more premium offerings?

It’s been 5 years since Lux Row distillery dropped the “Yell” from its iconic Rebel brand to avoid association with its Confederate roots. And while “Rebel Yell” no longer adorns the bottle, it feels like the Rebel brand has been going through a larger revamp than just its name. So in 2025, is Rebel 10 Year still a bottle worth pursuing?

This 9 year old barrel selected by K&L Wine and Spirits lived its entire life in warehouse Tyrone F on floor 4, and like all Russell’s Reserve single barrels features non-chill filtration and comes in at 110 proof.

It seems like nobody is talking about Old Forester these days. Save for the annual releases of Birthday Bourbon and their regionally limited 117 series, it feels like the excitement has moved on and left some great bottles piling up on shelves. It’s a shame when single barrel at cask strength are all left by their lonesome.

Located in the Yakima Valley of central Washington, Swede Hill Distillery makes a variety of spirits including moonshine, flavored vodkas, and this American whiskey released as single barrels featuring a 45% ABV.

Sweeten’s Cove’s latest whiskey isn’t nearly as limited as pervious release and is a blend of Kentucky and Tennessee whiskies – leading to the moniker “Kennessee”. It rings in at a healthy 110.7 proof and is finished with toasted maple sugar wood.

Litchfield’s 6 year Double Barreled bourbon release is bottled at 45% ABV from a mashbill of corn, barley, and rye, and finished in a secondary barrel for a bit more oomph.

Named after Old Forester’s former 117 Main Street address, their latest 117 expression explores the effect of Caribbean rum casks can have on their Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey.